Lego an unstoppable force of wealth

The latest list of Denmark’s richest shows that the founding family behind the Lego franchise leads the pack, having increased its wealth by some DKK29bn (€3.9bn) since the same list was published a year ago.

Compiled by local newspaper Berlingske, says the Kirk Kristiansen family has wealth of some DKK97.6bn (€13.1bn), as it is now into the third generation of the family that established Europe’s biggest toymaking business.